Establishing Sustainable Community-Based HIV/AIDS Care Program: Accommodative Principles in HIV and AIDS Control

Abstract

Individuals who experience HIV/AIDS are referred to as people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV), and one approach to prevention involves direct involvement of the community as part of community empowerment. Those who volunteer to participate in this effort are known as Citizens Program for HIV/AIDS Care and are recognized in the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia’s Regulation No. 21 of 2013 concerning HIV and AIDS Control. This empirical juridical research analyzes primary and secondary data qualitatively to identify internal and external factors that have hindered the implementation of the Citizens Program for HIV/AIDS Care. These factors stem from weak juridical aspects, cultural stigma and discrimination, ideological beliefs, government policies, financing, and human resource constraints. The current regulation governing the Citizens Program for HIV/AIDS Care is the Minister of Health’s Regulation No. 82 of 2014. To strengthen this regulation, it is recommended that Article 26 paragraph (1)(e) should be revised to form a forum for the community to care about the prevention of infectious diseases and for Citizens Program for HIV/AIDS Care. Another way to strengthen the regulation is by adding a new paragraph to Article 52 of the Minister of Health No. 21 of 2013, which requires regional leaders to establish and develop the program at different levels within their jurisdiction.